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I use the Android app Jsho. It's a free dictionary (albeit ad-supported) which does J-E and E-J reasonably well, and can also display pitch accent notation (the number) for most of the words.
I use Jsho on my phone. It's free, doesn't require Internet access, the ads aren't intrusive and it has radical input for when you don't know the word's reading. Link to Play Store.
Looks neat! For the Android users among us, if you're looking for something similar, the Jsho app supports direct sharing to AnkiDroid, just hold on a word and select 'Send to AnkiDroid'
I know this is the shortcuts sub, just wanted to add it for people who happen to also have an android, and could benefit from that info :)
>pronounced あか。 Is this the only pronunciation for 赤? Is it the "On" or "Kun" pronunciation?
If you have android, try downloading Jsho https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ric.Jsho&hl=en_GB.
you can look up a Kanji and see it's meaning, it's on and kunyomi readings, words that contain that Kanji and also how to conjugate those words in plain,negative,polite forms etc.
Works offline as well. Really amazing study tool.
Do you have an android? I did a little research and this is the closest app I can find. If you just don't have a smartphone in general... I don't know D:
Jsho! Fantastic Japanese dictionary and kanji lookup app, fantastic for anyone studying the language. Runs great and even has dark mode.
When I don't know hot to write it I use Jsho app. You select radicals or kanji that you can recognize inside the kanji you wish to find and the app will give you a list of kanjis. This method is pretty slow but good when you can't guess the writing. If I'm feeling brave and I feel like I can guess the writing than I use my go-to dictionary app Akebi
犬 is dog
の is the possession particle
~~さんこ appears to be an abbreviation of さんこけん, which is a type of sword.~~
さんこ is a "trident vajra" which is a type of Buddhist weapon, or item, which symbolizes an unstoppable force or immovable object.
~~So, "sword dog" or "dog of the sword". Something like that~~
So "immovable dog", "unyielding dog", or "dog of the trident vajra“. Something like that.
(not remotely fluent, or even decent, at Japanese)
Jsho translates さんこ as "trident vajra". Google doesn't find anything with that title, but a "vajra" is a Buddhist weapon
Edit: Found this which describes what a "trident vajra" is
Of course! I probably visit the site at least 10x per day, and that's on days I'm not trying to study, really. Just looking stuff up that comes across my mind. Actually, probably a lot more than 10x. At this point, I'm often trying to translate what I'm doing in my head (and out loud, if I'm alone), so I end up looking up a lot. It starts to stick, eventually.
Phone apps can be pretty great, too. On Android, I use Jsho mostly, but there are others. If you're comfortable with it, Google's Japanese input systems (keyboards) are pretty good. One uses a kana input system with autocomplete recommendations for kanji, and the other is just a blank pad where the keyboard goes, and you can use your finger to draw any character. It's pretty good at guessing which one, and gives suggestions, but you've got to be fairly fast for that one.
Once you get into it, it's hard to stop! Have fun!
As others have said, it's a website, jisho.org. However, there are apps that pull directly from Jisho, called Jsho and another called Mobile Jisho (I haven't tried the last one, but I see they added offline mode, so I'll be trying it.)
The one I use on my Android phone is called Jsho, and I think it works pretty well, for my purposes at least. It lets you search in English or Japanese, and just has a single small ad at the bottom. It also has a search by radical feature, which is always nice. It doesn't use obscene amounts of space like some I've tried, either.
This is the app btw > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ric.Jsho sorry should have posted this sooner.
Jsho is my favorite jp-en/en-jp dictionary. the interface is nice, the searching engine too, and it integrates nicely with anki.
EOW is my go-to for phrases and expressions. If I see a weird combination of words I usually search for them here.
I don't think there's a better app for practicing than Hello Talk. It's a social-media platform for interacting with natives. You can post texts where it's very easy for natives to correct you mistakes. It's very good for finding natives to practice and become friends with.
Those are my must-haves, but I also use Anki and some jp-jp dictionaries. oh, and HiNative is fantastic too. you can Ask things and native people usually don't take much time to answer them.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ric.Jsho&hl=en_GB
This one is pretty good
Jsho works well for me!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ric.Jsho&hl=en_US&gl=US
Long tap > send to ankidroid
But it's better to make cards on pc. See https://animecards.site/
I like Jsho. It's fast, accurate, and can export to AnkiDroid.
Oh, you recognised it? :D
> how long have you been studying Japanese?
I guess I've been seriously studying it for six months. I learned some basic stuff quite a while before that, but stopped for a few years.
> after how many months of study I could expect to begin it
It depends on how much time you're willing to spend looking things up in a dictionary. SubaHibi, despite all of the weird stuff and references to classic literature, is written in a way that's easy enough to comprehend. The sentence I was asking about in this thread is pretty much the only one I've had any difficulty (other than vocabulary-related) with.
So, I'm not sure how many months of study would be required, but I'd say getting to about N5 level would be enough to start trying to read it. It's not hard grammatically, but you will need to be familiar with the sort of informal, slang-y way that VN and anime characters tend to speak in - if you've watched a reasonable amount of anime with English subtitles, or listened to the voice acting when playing translated VNs, you'll probably have subconsciously picked up enough of it.
Be aware that there'll be a lot of words you won't know (this'll probably be the case no matter when you start reading it) so make sure you have a good dictionary app (I use Jsho) and something that you can use to ensure you retain the new words you meet, like Anki, or something (I use Houhou).
I guess you could hook the text instead of using a dictionary, but I feel like if I did that I'd end up relying on it too much and not really learning any new vocab.
Also, before reading SubaHibi, check out this thread.
This is my first time trying to read a VN in Japanese, so it's taking a long time to get through it, but I'm enjoying it, and I feel like I'm learning new vocabulary much more quickly than I was before. I definitely recommend it. :)
This jisho app supports directly creating anki cards from a word and its translations
I use Jsho and like it very much.
>Do you know of any online resource I can put in a character and get both the on & kun pronunciation?
Any standard dictionary would do.
On desktop the best known website is probably jisho.org. However, it's a bit strange to use. If you want to know the details of a Kanji, instead of the words it's used in, you have to search with a hashtag like this.
On Android I can recommend this app.
Jsho for Android does that. I don't know if the app has an Apple equivalent, in case you're not an Android user.
You should have specified for which platforms you want the dictionary. Like Linux, macOS, or Windows; Android, iOS, etc.
On Android:
Jsho: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ric.Jsho
You'll probably need to activate it in settings, and it's shown at the number.
How to read the numbers: https://i.imgur.com/gtsEnfh.png
On the left of rows are the number of morae, on the top of columns is the accent number.
Aedict has pitch accent shown, at least in full version, and not with a number, I don't know if it's present in free version on Google Play, you'll need to check: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sk.baka.aedict3
I like using jsho besides takoboto and akebi
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ric.Jsho&hl=en_IN
I generally use Jsho since I rip the DRM off my books and read them that way.
I use Jsho and am happy with it.
So on my Android Google Play Store, the specific one I use is spelled "Jsho" without the I. I hope this link works...
I'd like to add Jsho to this list. It's an excelent dictionary with the option to search by radicals, not just one, you keep adding and the list is filtered. There's conjugation and bookmark list for words and kanji separated.
It does lack a handwriting recognition, but you can always switch your japanese keyboard mode from 12 Keys/QWERTY to Handwriting.
Works best with kanji words (jukugo/okurigana). For kana only I like to use jisho app and web, google translate...
My mates and I use this one. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ric.Jsho&hl=en